This Technical Note evaluates the contribution of Morocco’s blue economy to its economic, environmental, and social development. It draws on four analytical workstreams: estimating the blue economy’s ...

This paper examines the role of competition as a catalyst for the adoption and usage of digital financial services and financial inclusion in developing economies. While foundational regulatory ...

Financial Development Data (FinData) is a new, annually updated database developed by the WorldBank Group to measure financial system development across up to 218 economies from 1980 onwards. Building ...

This report examines the role of health taxes in supporting Argentina’s broader tax reform agenda and fiscal consolidation efforts. It assesses the current excise tax framework for tobacco, alcohol, ...

Yemen’s fisheries are a vital economic and social asset, supporting coastal livelihoods, providing food security, and ...

This brief uses the administrative database of Pakistan’s largest online job platform and an online COVID-19 survey to examine the gender impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on labor markets and other ...

Bhutan’s agrifood system (AFS) contributes to income and employment generation, but its role beyond primary production is not ...

Thailand is undergoing one of the most rapid demographic transitions in the world and is on track to become a “super-aged” society—with more than 20 percent of its population over 65—by 2033. The ...

This toolkit aims to assist practitioners to identify and address Public Financial Management (PFM) constraints that contribute to shortcomings in health service delivery. This Toolkit is anchored in ...

Women farmers face multiple risks that can limit their ability to benefit from agricultural finance. Drawing on evidence from a randomized field experiment in Burkina Faso and Senegal, this brief ...

Despite a challenging external environment, Malaysia’s growth outperformed projections in the second half of 2025, lifting full-year growth to 5.2 percent. The government achieved a ...

Using unique nationally representative school and system survey data from 13 education systems in low and middle-income ...